i understand, yeah the wood would be ok to detail a bit, because the nature of this particular building is the walls are fairly smooth so the wood detail will pop good with it and not seem out of place, maybe also the low porch wall as well with a little damage revealing brick underneath to balance it
billredd, thanks for taking the time to help me out. The stove pipe, windows and patio did look odd, so I fixed those and it seems to help. For sake of time on this non-showcase project, keeping the model simple will allow for better exploration. So I am going to leave out a lot of details for this first run. With that in…